kefja

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈcɛvja/ Rhymes: -ɛvja === Verb === kefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kafði, supine kafið) to submerge, to put under water ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vera önnum kafinn == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === kvefja === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *kwabjaną. === Verb === kefja (singular past indicative kafði, plural past indicative kǫfðu, past participle kafðr or kafiðr or kafinn) alternative form of kvefja ==== Usage notes ==== Some scholars mention strong preterite forms (*kóf), but none can be attested. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== kœfa ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: kefja, kvefja Norwegian: kveve Old Swedish: kvävja Swedish: kväva === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kefja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive